Awards & Winners

Carnegie Medal in Literature

Carnegie Medal in Literature

The Carnegie Medal is a British literary award that annually recognises one outstanding new book for children or young adults. It is conferred upon the author by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. CILIP calls it "the UK's oldest and most prestigious book award for children's writing" and says that writers call it "the one they want to win". The Medal is named after the Scottish-born American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who founded more than 2800 libraries in the English-speaking world, including at least one in more than half of British library authorities. It was established in 1935 by the British Library Association partly to celebrate the centennial of Carnegie's birth and inaugurated in 1937 by the award to Arthur Ransome for Pigeon Post and the identification of two Commended books. That first Medal was dated 1936; only since 2007 it is dated by its presentation, which is now one or two years after publication.
Date Established : 1936

Check all the winners of Carnegie Medal in Literature presented under Carnegie Medal in Literature since 1936 .


Neil Gaiman

Honored for : The Graveyard Book

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Agard The Young Inferno
Alison Allen-Gray Lifegame
David Almond Jackdaw Summer
Laurie Halse Anderson Chains
R. J. Anderson Knife
Bernard Ashley Solitaire
Tim Bowler Bloodchild
Sarah Rees Brennan The Demon's Lexicon
Kevin Brooks Killing God
Melvin Burgess Nicholas Dane
Elen Caldecott How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant
Anne Cassidy The Dead House
Henry Chancellor The Remarkable Adventures of Tom Scatterhorn: The Museum's Secret
Lucy Christopher Stolen
Sharon Creech Hate That Cat
Kevin Crossley-Holland Waterslain Angels
Sharon Dogar Falling
Julia Donaldson Running on the Cracks
Siobhan Dowd Solace of the Road
Paul Dowswell Auslander
Daniel Finn Two Good Thieves
Pauline Fisk Flying for Frankie
Gayle Forman If I Stay
Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book
Julia Golding Wolf Cry
Helen Grant The Vanishing of Katharina Linden
Frances Hardinge Gullstruck Island
Julie Hearn Rowan the Strange
F.E. Higgins The Eyeball Collector
Mary Hoffman Troubadour
Ally Kennen Bedlam
Suzanne LaFleur Love, Aubrey
Elizabeth Laird The Witching Hour
Mick Manning Tail-End Charlie
Brita Granström Tail-End Charlie
Robert Muchamore Brigands M.C.
Patrick Ness The Ask and the Answer
Linda Newbery The Sandfather
James Patterson MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel
Mal Peet Exposure
Anna Perera Guantanamo Boy
Gillian Philip Crossing the Line
Terry Pratchett Nation
Bali Rai City of Ghosts
Philip Reeve Fever Crumb
James Riordan The Sniper
Rick Riordan The Last Olympian
Marcus Sedgwick The Kiss of Death
Marcus Sedgwick Revolver
Lazlo Strangolov Feather and Bone
Jonathan Stroud Heroes of the Valley
Jenny Valentine The Ant Colony
Rachel Ward Numbers
David Whitley The Midnight Charter
Leslie Wilson Saving Rafael

Siobhan Dowd

Honored for : Bog Child

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
David Almond My Dad's A Birdman
David Almond The Savage
Malorie Blackman The Stuff of Nightmares
Michael Bond Paddington Here and Now
Frank Cottrell Boyce Cosmic
Chris Bradford Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior
Theresa Breslin The Nostradamus Prophecy
Kevin Brooks Black Rabbit Summer
N. M. Browne Shadow Web
Linda Buckley-Archer The Tar Man
Emma Clayton The Roar
Eoin Colfer Airman
Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox
B.R. Collins The Traitor Game
Siobhan Dowd Bog Child
Nancy Farmer The Land of the Silver Apples
Mary Finn Anila's Journey
Sally Gardner The Red Necklace
Jamila Gavin The Robber Baron's Daughter
Julia Golding Empty Quarter
Keith Gray Ostrich Boys
Mary Hoffman City of Secrets
Mary Hooper Newes from the Dead
Anthony Horowitz Snakehead
Eva Ibbotson The Dragonfly Pool
Elizabeth Laird Lost Riders
Tanya Landman The Goldsmith's Daughter
Ingrid Lee Dog Lost
Geraldine McCaughrean Tamburlaine's Elephants
Anthony McGowan The Knife That Killed Me
Sophie McKenzie Blood Ties
Michelle Magorian Just Henry
Gemma Malley The Declaration
Katy Moran Bloodline
Robert Muchamore The Sleepwalker
Patrick Ness The Knife of Never Letting Go
Sally Nicholls Ways to Live Forever
Joanne Owen Puppet Master
Chris Priestley Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror
Philip Pullman Once Upon a Time in the North
Celia Rees Sovay
Gareth Thompson Sunshine to the Sunless
Kate Thompson Creature of the Night
Jenny Valentine Broken Soup

Philip Reeve

Honored for : Here Lies Arthur

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Allan Ahlberg The Boyhood of Burglar Bill
Julie Bertagna Zenith
Beverley Birch Rift
Tim Bowler Frozen Fire
Kevin Brooks Being
Eoin Colfer Legend of the Worst Boy in the World
Kevin Crossley-Holland Gatty's Tale
Sharon Dogar Waves
Siobhan Dowd The London Eye Mystery
Jenny Downham Before I Die
Carol Ann Duffy The Hat
Catherine Fisher Incarceron
Charlie Fletcher Stoneheart
David Gilman The Devil's Breath
Linzi Glass Ruby Red
Matt Haig Shadow Forest
Frances Hardinge Verdigris Deep
Mary Hooper The Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose
Diana Wynne Jones The Pinhoe Egg
Ally Kennen Berserk
Alice Kuipers Life on the Refrigerator Door: Notes Between a Mother and Daughter
Elizabeth Laird Crusade
Tanya Landman Apache: Girl Warrior
Derek Landy Skulduggery Pleasant
Tim Lott Fearless
Geraldine McCaughrean Peter Pan in Scarlet
Sophie McKenzie Girl, Missing
Michael Morpurgo Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea
Michelle Paver Soul Eater
Mal Peet The Penalty
Terry Pratchett Wintersmith
Philip Reeve Here Lies Arthur
Chris Riddell Ottoline and the Yellow Cat
Katherine Roberts I am the Great Horse
Mark Robson Imperial Assassin
Meg Rosoff What I Was
J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Lauren St. John Dolphin Song
Marcus Sedgwick Blood Red, Snow White
Sarah Singleton Sacrifice
Tabitha Suzuma From Where I Stand
Kate Thompson The Last of the High Kings
Jenny Valentine Finding Violet Park
Jeanne Willis Shamanka
Sarah Wray The Forbidden Room

Meg Rosoff

Honored for : Just in Case

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rachel Anderson Red Moon
John Boyne The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Theresa Breslin The Medici Seal
Kevin Brooks Road of the Dead
Linda Buckley-Archer Gideon the Cutpurse
Melvin Burgess Sara's Face
Anne Cassidy The Story of My Life
Eoin Colfer Half Moon Investigations
Susan Cooper Victory
Siobhan Dowd A Swift Pure Cry
Helen Dunmore The Tide Knot
Anne Fine The Road of Bones
Linzi Glass The Year the Gypsies Came
Julia Golding Secret of the Sirens
Julie Hearn Ivy
Charlie Higson Blood Fever
Graham Joyce Do the Creepy Thing
Ally Kennen Beast
Geraldine McCaughrean Cyrano
Paul Magrs Exchange
Graham Marks Tokyo
Sue Mayfield Damage
P. R. Morrison Wind Tamer
Linda Newbery Set in Stone
Meg Rosoff Just in Case
Laura Ruby The Wall and the Wing
Eric Schlosser Chew On This: Everything You Don\u2019t Want To Know About Fast Food
Charles Wilson Chew On This: Everything You Don\u2019t Want To Know About Fast Food
Marcus Sedgwick My Swordhand Is Singing
Alex Shearer Tins
Paul Stewart Hugo Pepper
Kate Thompson The Fourth Horseman
Theresa Tomlinson Wolf Girl
Ann Turnbull Forged in the Fire
Catherine Webb The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle
Jeanne Willis Mayfly Day
Jeanette Winterson Tanglewreck
Chris Wooding Storm Thief

Mal Peet

Honored for : Tamar

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
David Almond Clay
Steve Augarde Celandine
Malorie Blackman Checkmate
Frank Cottrell Boyce Framed
Theresa Breslin Divided City
Kevin Brooks Candy
Anne Cassidy Birthday Blues
Chiara Cervasio Dis N Dat
Sarah Marshall Dis N Dat
Aidan Chambers This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn
Pauline Chandler Warrior Girl: A Novel of Joan of Arc
Julia Clarke The Other Alice
Carol Ann Duffy Another Night Before Christmas
Helen Dunmore Ingo
Catherine Fisher Darkhenge
Catherine Forde The Drowning Pond
Sally Gardner I, Coriander
Adéle Geras Ithaka
Keith Gray The Fearful
Julie Hearn The Merrybegot
Stuart Hill The Cry Of The Icemark
Nigel Hinton Time Bomb
Anthony Horowitz Ark Angel
Diana Wynne Jones Conrad's Fate
Graham Joyce TWOC
Brian Keaney Jacob's Ladder
Catherine MacPhail Roxy's Baby
Jan Mark Riding Tycho
Jan Mark Turbulence
Geraldine McCaughrean The White Darkness
Michael Morpurgo The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
William Nicholson Seeker
Kenneth Oppel Skybreaker
Michelle Paver Spirit Walker
Mal Peet Tamar
J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
S. F. Said The Outlaw Varjak Paw
Marcus Sedgwick The Foreshadowing
Nicky Singer The Innocent's Story
Jonathan Stroud Ptolemy's Gate
Kate Thompson The New Policeman
Sandi Toksvig Hitler's Canary
Karen Wallace The Unrivalled Spangles
Jacqueline Wilson Love Lessons
Rick Yancey The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp
Gabrielle Zevin Elsewhere

Frank Cottrell Boyce

Honored for : Millions

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alison Allen-Gray Unique
Lynne Reid Banks Tiger, Tiger
Frank Beddor The Looking Glass Wars
Malorie Blackman Cloud Busting
Malorie Blackman Knife Edge
Tim Bowler Apocalypse
Frank Cottrell Boyce Millions
Theresa Breslin Saskia's Journey
Kevin Brooks Kissing the Rain
N. M. Browne Basilisk
Anne Cassidy Looking for JJ
Gennifer Choldenko Al Capone Does My Shirts
Sharon Creech Heartbeat
Anna Dale Whispering to Witches
Peter Dickinson Inside Grandad
Chris D'Lacey Horace
Catherine Forde Skarrs
Alan Gibbons The Defender
Alan Gibbons The Lost Boys' Appreciation Society
Sally Grindley Spilled Water
Gillian Rubinstein Brilliance of the Moon
Mary Hooper Petals in the Ashes
Eva Ibbotson The Star of Kazan
Julia Jarman Peace Weavers
Dick King-Smith Just Binnie
Elizabeth Laird Paradise End
Sue Limb Girl, 15, Charming But Insane
Catherine MacPhail Catch Us If You Can
Catherine MacPhail Underworld
Geraldine McCaughrean Not the End of the World
Geraldine McCaughrean Smile!
Jan Mark Useful Idiots
Beverley Naidoo Web of Lies
Linda Newbery At the Firefly Gate
Kenneth Oppel Airborn
Michelle Paver Wolf Brother
Philippa Pearce The Little Gentleman
Andrew Fusek Peters Crash
Polly Peters Crash
Philip Pullman The Scarecrow and his Servant
Bali Rai Rani and Sukh
Gwyneth Rees My Mum's from Planet Pluto
Michael Rosen Sad Book
Meg Rosoff How I Live Now
Paul Shipton The Pig Scrolls
Jonathan Stroud The Golem's Eye
Robert Swindells Ruby Tanya
Catherine Webb Timekeepers
Jeanne Willis Dumb Creatures
Jacqueline Wilson Best Friends

Jennifer Donnelly

Honored for : A Northern Light

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
David Almond The Fire-Eaters
Steve Augarde The Various
Julie Bertagna The Opposite of Chocolate
Kevin Brooks Lucas: A Story of Love and Hate
Kevin Crossley-Holland King of the Middle March
Peter Dickinson The Tears of the Salamander
Berlie Doherty Deep Secret
Jennifer Donnelly A Northern Light
Anne Fine The More the Merrier
Jamila Gavin The Blood Stone
Alan Gibbons Caught in the Crossfire
Keith Gray Malarkey
Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Julie Hearn Follow Me Down
Gillian Rubinstein Grass for His Pillow
Anthony Horowitz Eagle Strike
Elizabeth Laird The Garbage King
Sonia Nimr A Little Piece of Ground
Elizabeth Laird A Little Piece of Ground
Joan Lingard Tell the Moon to Come Out
Jan Mark Something in the Air
L S Matthews Fish
Sue Mayfield Voices
Michael Morpurgo Private Peaceful
Linda Newbery Sisterland
C. Z. Nightingale Grass
Mal Peet Keeper
Terry Pratchett The Wee Free Men
Susan Price A Sterkarm Kiss
Philip Pullman Lyra's Oxford
J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Celia Rees Pirates!
Philip Reeve Predator's Gold
Marcus Sedgwick The Book of Dead Days
Alex Shearer The Speed of the Dark
Paul Stewart Muddle Earth
Chris Riddell Muddle Earth
Jonathan Stroud The Amulet of Samarkand
Graham Taylor Shadowmancer
Eleanor Updale Montmorency
Chris Wooding Poison

Sharon Creech

Honored for : Ruby Holler

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Allan Ahlberg The Improbable Cat
Julia Bell Massive
Julie Bertagna Exodus
Tim Bowler Starseeker
Theresa Breslin Remembrance
Kevin Brooks Martyn Pig
Lauren Child Utterly Me, Clarice Bean
Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
Sharon Creech Ruby Holler
Nancy Farmer The House of the Scorpion
Anne Fine Up on Cloud Nine
Catherine Fisher Corbenic
Neil Gaiman Coraline
Alan Gibbons The Edge
Morris Gleitzman Boy Overboard
Keith Gray Warehouse
Philip Gross Going for Stone
Gillian Rubinstein Across the Nightingale Floor
Mary Hoffman City Of Masks
Anthony Horowitz Skeleton Key
Lesley Howarth Carwash
Julia Jarman Ghost Writer
Ben Jeapes The Xenocide Mission
Jackie Kay Strawgirl
Catherine MacPhail Dark Waters
Margaret Mahy Alchemy
Lynne Markham Blazing Star
Paul May Green Fingers
Linda Newbery The Shell House
William Nicholson Firesong
Maggie Pearson The Shadow of the Beast
Susan Price The King's Head
Maggie Prince Raider's Tide
Philip Ridley Mighty Fizz Chilla
Marcus Sedgwick The Dark Horse
Nicky Singer Feather Boy
Daniel Handler The Austere Academy
Daniel Handler The Ersatz Elevator
Jacqueline Wilson Secrets

Terry Pratchett

Honored for : The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

Beverley Naidoo

Honored for : The Other Side of Truth

Aidan Chambers

Honored for : Postcards from No Man's Land

David Almond

Honored for : Skellig

Tim Bowler

Honored for : River Boy

Melvin Burgess

Honored for : Junk

Philip Pullman

Honored for : Northern Lights

Theresa Breslin

Honored for : Whispers in the Graveyard

Robert Swindells

Honored for : Stone Cold

Anne Fine

Honored for : Flour Babies

Berlie Doherty

Honored for : Dear Nobody

Gillian Cross

Honored for : Wolf

Anne Fine

Honored for : Goggle-Eyes

Geraldine McCaughrean

Honored for : A Pack of Lies

Susan Price

Honored for : The Ghost Drum

Berlie Doherty

Honored for : Granny Was a Buffer Girl

Kevin Crossley-Holland

Honored for : Storm

Margaret Mahy

Honored for : The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance

Jan Mark

Honored for : Handles

Margaret Mahy

Honored for : The Haunting

Robert Westall

Honored for : The Scarecrows

Peter Dickinson

Honored for : City of Gold and Other Stories from the Old Testament

Peter Dickinson

Honored for : Tulku

David Rees

Honored for : The Exeter Blitz

Gene Kemp

Honored for : The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler

Jan Mark

Honored for : Thunder and Lightnings

Robert Westall

Honored for : The Machine Gunners

Mollie Hunter

Honored for : The Stronghold

Penelope Lively

Honored for : The Ghost of Thomas Kempe

Richard Adams

Honored for : Watership Down

Ivan Southall

Honored for : Josh

Leon Garfield, Edward Blishen, Charles Keeping

Honored for : The God Beneath the Sea

K. M. Peyton

Honored for : The Edge of the Cloud

Rosemary Harris

Honored for : The Moon in the Cloud

Alan Garner

Honored for : The Owl Service

Philip Turner

Honored for : The Grange at High Force

Sheena Porter

Honored for : Nordy Bank

Hester Burton

Honored for : Time of Trial

Pauline Clarke

Honored for : The Twelve and the Genii

Lucy M. Boston

Honored for : A Stranger at Green Knowe

Dr. Ian Wolfram Cornwall

Honored for : The Making of Man

Rosemary Sutcliff

Honored for : The Lantern Bearers

Philippa Pearce

Honored for : Tom's Midnight Garden

William Mayne

Honored for : A Grass Rope

C. S. Lewis

Honored for : The Last Battle

Eleanor Farjeon

Honored for : The Little Bookroom

Ronald Welch

Honored for : Knight Crusader

Edward Osmond

Honored for : A Valley Grows Up

Mary Norton

Honored for : The Borrowers

Cynthia Harnett

Honored for : The Wool-Pack

Elfrida Vipont

Honored for : The Lark on the Wing

Agnes Allen

Honored for : The Story of Your Home

Richard Armstrong

Honored for : Sea Change

Walter de la Mare

Honored for : Collected stories for children

Elizabeth Goudge

Honored for : The Little White Horse

Eric Linklater

Honored for : The Wind on the Moon

Denys Watkins-Pitchford

Honored for : The Little Grey Men

Mary Treadgold

Honored for : We Couldn't Leave Dinah

Kitty Barne

Honored for : Visitors from London

Eleanor Doorly

Honored for : The Radium Woman

Noel Streatfeild

Honored for : The Circus Is Coming

Eve Garnett

Honored for : The Family from One End Street

Arthur Ransome

Honored for : Pigeon Post